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Gauging Rod, by Hudson & Son, Greenwich, c. 1900?

Inventory Number 15365


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.15365

Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchase Acquired by the vendor from the stock-in-trade of Hudson & Son when they ceased trading c.1980
Primary inscriptions
"HUDSON & SON. GREENWICH"
Physical material
Wood
Dimensions
Height: 766mm Width: 5mm Depth: 5mm
Inventory No
15365
Accession Number
1982-17/1

Description

Square-section gauging rod with different scales on its four faces, with scales for pins, firkins, barrels, and hogsheads. This rod was acquired by the vendor from the stock-in-trade of Hudson & Son when they ceased trading c.1980